The Rubbish By D.ELLIOTT It was an early summer evening in woodland by a river. Three children played amongst the trees & the ferns, they had erected a swing with old rope from one of the trees main branches that hung out over the low river & they took it in turns to swing on it attempting not to let go & fall into the shallow water…Read More

The numbers of seabirds affected by a sticky substance in the sea off south-west England over the past week could be far greater than those harmed by a similar – or possibly the same – spill earlier this year. Wildlife agencies in Devon and Cornwall said numbers of birds killed or rendered helpless could reach "thousands" and that "a whole…Read More

The oceans are so vast and deep that until fairly recently, it was widely assumed that no matter how much trash and chemicals humans dumped into them, the effects would be negligible. Proponents of dumping in the oceans even had a catchphrase: "The solution to pollution is dilution." Today, we need look no further than the New Jersey-size dead…Read More